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SPECIFICATIONS 



FOR 



FRAME HOUSES, 



RANGING IN COST FROM 



Two Thousand to Twenty Thousand Dollars. 



By WILLIAM tVhALLETT, jlrchitect. 



THIRD EDITION, 
(revised and enlarged.) 



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Architectural Book Publishers, 
No. 194 Broadway. 

AND • 

W. T. HALLETT, iii Broadway. 




26 aid 28 Pari Place, 21 and 23 Barclai Street, 



(Corner of Church,) 



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MANUFACTURER OF 



PLAIU & ORUAMEITTAL IHOU & ZmC WOUK. 



IRON STABLE-FIXTURES 

of the most approved designs. 



HAY-RACKS, MANGERS, 

STALL GUARDS AND POSTS. 



COPPER WEATHER-VANES 



over 300 different designs. 



LIGHTNING-RODS, &c. 



IRON ROOF-CRESTING & FINIALS. 



RAILINGS 

Wrought and cast for Public and Private Grounds, 
Cemeteries, &c. 



LAMP-POSTS AND LAMPS. 



SETTEES, CHAIRS AND TABLES 

for Lawns and Parks. 

Fountains, Vases, Statuary, &c , &c. 

PLAIN AND FANCY 

IRON & BRASS BEDSTEADS 

for private use and Public Institutions. 





Estimates given for all kinds of Wrought and Cast Iron Work ; also for Zinc 
Statuary, Busts, &c., and for Architectural Work. Illustrated Catalogue of each 
Line of Goods furnished to Architects, Builders and the Trade. 



F. W. DEVOE & CO., 

CORNER OF FULTON AND WILLIAM STREETS, NEW YORK. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



^DI^■y coLoi^s 



COLORS GROUND IN OIL. 



"PARK LAWN GREEN." 
"BRICK RED." 



"Artisan Graining Colors." 




MANUFACTURERS OF 

Artists' Oil Colors, in Tubes, 



'PERSIAN SCARLET." 



■FLORENTINE FRESCO COLORS." 



MIXED PAINTS 

READY FOR USE. 



IMPORTERS OF 

Vieille Montagie Go's Oiides of Zinc, 



Paint Works : Horatio and Jane Streets, New York 
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF 



Colors, vVhite Lead, Zinc White, Varnishes, 



CffemeFai Slat© 

STEPS AND RISERS, 

ROOFING SLATE, 



URINAL SLABS, 

TILING, Etc. 



PEimHYir SLATE CO. 

50 UNION SQUARE, 

4th Ave. & 1 7th St., New York. 

W. H. KIRTLAND, Sec'y. 



Quarries and Manufactory 
MIDDLE GRANVILLE, N. Y. 



DEALERS IN MARBLE MANTELS, CRATES, &,c. 

CARPENTER & BUILDER, 

FAIR STREET, 

Leonard F. Beckwith, E. Gillet, Jas. C. Rossi, 

Preset, and Trcas. Vicc-Pres't. Suficriniendent. 

FIRE-PROOF mm COMPANY 

OF NEW YORK. 



MANUFACTURERS AND IHIPORTERS OF 

FIRE-PROOF BUILDING MATERIALS. 

DIPLOMAS AWARDED.— Bronze Medal, Fire-Proof Materials, 
Philadelphia, 1876. Bronze Medal, Fire-Proof Construction, Phila- 
delphia, 1876. Gold Medal, Fire-Proof Materials, Boston, 1874. 
Bronze Medal, Fire-Proof Materials, New York, 1878. 



Hollow Blocks of Hydraulic Linne of TeiL 
Hollow Burnt Clay Bricks. 
Porous Light Terra Cotta Bricks. 
Fire, Stove and Furnace Bricks. 



Lafarge Portland Cement. 
Hydraulic Lime of Teil. 
Mettlach WlosaiG Encaustic Tiles. 
Buff Bricks and Tiles. 



BUILDERS SUPPLIED. 

Main Factory, Elizabethport, N. J. City Depot, 15 & 16 13th Av., N. Y. 
Office : Rooms 54 & 55, Coal and Iron Exchange, 21 Courtlandt St.^N.Y. 

Hollow Blocks of Lime of Tiel, Hollow Bkicic, and Pohous Light 
Brick kept on hand or made to special pattern. Lafarge Portland Ce- 
ment, and Hydraulic Lime of Teil in store and to arrive. Meitlach 
Encaustic Tiles in stock. 

The only Materials approved by the New York Board of Fire Under- 
writers and the Superintendent of Buildings of New York, after severe 
pnhlic Tests. Rates of insurance reduced. 

'J'he facilities of the Company for manufacturing have been largely 
increased, and consist of a factory of six acres in extent on tide-water at 
Elizabethport, N. J. The daily production of these Works is 10.000 
Hollow Teil Blocks and 20,000 Hollow Burnt Clay Bricks, manufactured 
regularly in all seasons. 

Represented in Baltimore by The Fire-Proof Building Co., of Bal- 
timore, 52 Lexington street ; in Boston, C. I), Wainwkight & Co., 73 
Kilby street ; in Philadelphia, Warren Foster & Co., 226 Walnut 
street, 

^icIt.vII.:O0JiN'gvg0N,^t^ 

DECORATOR & PAINTER, 

Ecelesiastieal Decorations a Specialty. 

112 RIVINGTON STREET, NEW YORK. 



JENNINGS' SANpf^ DEPOT. 

" ' ALFRED.E.JENNINGS^UVS. AGENT. - 

InKS.URINALS & yvT^^H-BASlNS: ALl| 

FVVTENtED jIrWED &T^TEC|, 



NEW YORK 



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SUCCESSORS TO 



CULVER, SIMONDS & CO., 

50 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. 



Manufacturers of the celebrated "CULVER" and "MONITOR" 

HotAir& Hot Water Furnaces 

EEGISTEKS, COOKING KANGES, VENTILATORS, 
CHEMICAL SAND BATHS. 

Fine Castings Made and Enameled to Order. 

The Ventilating of Buildings a Specialty. 




For Cliiirclies, Pnttic Bnildiigs anil General Doiestic Pnrposes. 



Our Glass is from the leading- houses, both Foreign 
and Domestic. Samples of Domestic Work can be seen 
at the office of the ART INTERCHANGE, No. 34 
East 19th Street, New York. 



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Parties visiting the Works should leave the train at Highland Avenue. 



B.A.I?,STO"V\r STO^STE CO. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



CHAS. B. HOTCHKISS, Agent. 

228 & 230 Water St., cor. Beekman, N. Y. 

Providence, R, I. Send for Circtdars and Prices. Boston, MasS. 



MANUFACTURER OF 



LYONS' PATENT FIRE PROOF MATERIAL. 



OFFICE : 

14 CENTRE STREET, 

New York. 



WORKS: 

63&65CLASSON AVE., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Fire Proof Partitions, Ceilings, Fiilint; between Iron Floor and Roof Beams, Filling for 
Mansard and Flat Roofs, etc. Fiie Proof Deafenint; for Wooden Beams, etc., put up in 
City or Country. Also, Lyons' Patent Sectional Fire Proof Ceiling Plates, for rapid plastering 
on Wooden Beams, Patented April, 1873. 



JAMES KENNEDY, 

LATE MB ITAL ROOFER 



And Manufacturer of 

GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES, 

GUTTERS, LEADERS, &c., 

450 WEST 19th STREET, 

NeAAT York. 



Corner of Hester and Elisabetli Streets, ITew York. 



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For A Sash | For a Sash I For a Sash | For a Sash I For a Sash I For a Sash I For a Sash I For a Sash I BeLl I For a Sash 

I of 400 LBS. I OF 250 LBS. | OF 200 LBS. | OF J50LDS. | OF lOO LBS, | OF 73 LBS. | OF 50 LBS, | OF 30 LBS, | ChAIN, | OF 75 tO IO0 LES. 
MANUFACTURER OF 



Copper CaMe, Iron aM Steel Sasti Cliaifls, 



FOR SUSPENDING 



Window-Sashes, Doors, Gates and Machin- 
ery purposes. 

strength, from 25 lbs. to 2,000 lbs, 

USED AS DIRECTED WILL BE WARRANTED TO GIVE SATIS- 
FACTION IN EVERY INSTANCE. 



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Oil 



(AS PER CUT,) 

Which for Light Sashes cannot be surpassed. 

The Metal from which my Chains are made is far su- 
perior in strength to that of any other Chains in the mar- 
ket, and will be sold as lo-w as any similar article. 

The price of these chains is so lov,' that the e."tra cost over rope or cord 
is of liitle importance compared with their durability over rope. 

The cost, per window, in two lari^e buildings in this city averaged about 
$1.30 per window, for Cliampion Chain and attachments. 

SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND PRICE-LIST. 



Orders Promptly Filled. 

CHAINS OF ALL SIZES MADE TO ORDER, 




mmAU All WAi 11 

Warimng & Ventilating 

APPARATUS, 
For all kinds of Buildings, Cars, etc, 



Cor. Greene & Houston Sts., 
81 & 83 Jackson SI cucap. New York, 



BRADLEY & CURRIER, 

MANUFACTUEEES OF AND DEALERS IN 

Doors, Windows, Blinds, 

54 & 56 Dey Street, New York. 

stair Rails, Newels, Balusters, Frames, 
Mouldings, Glass, Grates and Fenders, 
Crestings and Finials, Plaster Cen- 
tres, Brackets, &c., &c., &c. 

MARBLE, SLATE AND WOOD MANTELS. 



THE CUT REPRESENTS OUR 

Architect's Rule and Scale, No. 39, 



AND AS SHOWN IS HALF SIZE, 



Being, wlien Fully Extended, 24 Indies in Length by One Incli in Widtli. 

THE INNER BEVELED EDGES OF THE RULE CONTAIN THE VARIOUS SCALES IN USE BY ARCHITECTS. 

IT IS ALSO A REGULAR TWO FOOT RULE. 



It may be obtained from many of the Hardware Dealers, or by addressing us. 
Price, by Mail, $1.00. 




We also manufacture every variety of 

"STEPHENS' COMBINATION RULE," No. 36, 

Wiiich combines a Carpenter's Rule, Level, Square, etc. 
ENGINEERS' SLIDE RULE FOR CALCULATIONS, Our No. 14. 



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JAIWIER, JACOBS & CO., 

CONTRACTORS FOR 

HEATING AND VENTILATING 

BUILDINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 

Also Private Houses by High or Low Pressure 

Steam, by Direct or Indirect Radiation. 

FACTORIES AND MILLS HEATED BY EXHAUST STEAM. 



Plans, Specifications and Estimates furnished without charge. 

ALSO DEALERS IN 

Steam and Gas Fitters' and Plumbers' Materials. 
No, 84 John Street, - - NEW YORK. 



^^~ Our Illustrated Catalogue will be furnished upon application. 

ABBE§TOS fEMIia WOMKB. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

HAIR FELT AND FIRE-PROOF CEMENT, 

For Boilers, Steam and Blast Pipes, Ice Houses, &c. 

ROOFING MATERIALS AND PAINTS 

IN BULK OR APPLIED. 

BeafeiiiiiSliiiatl^HiiliGstoiiFaprs 

For Building Purposes. 



Salesroom, 80 Cortlandt Street, Factory, 321 FroEt Street, 



DIXON & RIKER, 

BUILDERS, 

l^o- S Xjafaj^re-b-te IPXace^ 
NEW YORK. 



ROBERT DIXON. 



GEORGE RIKER. 



JAMES POWER, 

MASOUAUDBUILDEH, 

IsTo. B Laif a.3re-b-b© DPlace, 
NEW YORK. 

ESTIMATES FOR WORK IN CITY OR COUNTRY. 



LIGHTirilTG EODS. 



BUSINESS ESTABLISHED IN 1853 BY 

J. D. WEST & CO., 




46 Cortlandt Street, 



New York. 



OUR PATENT 



Square Copper & Otis Patent 



AS SPECIALTIES. 



We also put up Weather Vanes, Crestings, 
Flag Poles, Ventilators, &c., and Paint 
Roofs with our Artificial Asphalt Paint. 



NORWALK LOCK COMPANY, 



MAITTJFACTUEEES OF 



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IDooR-LocKS, Knobs, 'Escutcheons,! 






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ORNAMENTAL BRONZE ^W^ORK. 




Door-Latches. 



Padlocks. 



AND OTHER 

Builders' Hardware. 



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GENUINE AND IMITATION BRONZE GOODS. 

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SPECIFICATIONS 



FOR 



FRAME HOUSES 



RANGING IN COST 



FBOM TWO THOUSAND TO TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, 



BY 



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ARCHITECT. 



THIRD EDITION, 
(revised and enlarged.) 



tlCEZlSTELL &; C O OS-C S O? O C IC , 

Architectural Book Publishers, 
No. 194 Broadway. 

AND 

W. T. HALLETT, 11 1 Broadway. 
1881. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by 

W. T. Hallett, 

in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



EXPLANATORY. 



A part of this specification was printed some little time ago, to ascertain, among other 
things, whether a printed form could be made available in practice. — The experiment in the 
main proved satisfactory. — Clients were pleased with it, and contractors read what was to be 
done apparently with far greater ease than they did manuscript ; and I have found work 
better executed in consequence. 

The labor, too, saved, not only in writing but in copying ; together with the advantage 
of a more amply written and perfected specification, rendered the work valuable. 

With regard to the method or plan, — it may be said, it is that adopted in my own 
practice; and of the specification itself, — it has been adapted to a special class of buildings, 
of a stated range of cost. — It was not intended for publication until — when nearly finished — 
it was solicited by the publisher. 

In filling out a form, it will be noticed how easily in many instances a desired change 
may be made by drawing the pen through even a single word, — and again, when supervision 
is not intended, the pen drawn through the clause of a sentence on page i, relating thereto, 
will leave the remainder complete. 

Should additional space be needed, a leaf or two can be inserted, paged as the half and 
the quarter. 

Pages 13 and 20 are double ; — after a decision has been made whether to use slate or 
shingles, one of each of them can be abandoned. 

W. T. H. 
Trinity Building, 
No. Ill Broadway, New York, 
February, 1873. 



NOTE TO THIRD EDITION. 



A new edition of this work has been called for. 

Such changes as time has suggested have been made, so that in issuing the revised 
work the care bestowed on the same, it is believed, will render the specification more 
valuable. 

W. T. H. 
January, 1881. 



Index to Carpenter and Joiner. 



PAGE. 

A, 

Angle Beads 17 

B. 

Base Boards 5 

Base Knobs ; 7 

Basins 17 

Bath Tub 17 

Bells 18 

Blinds g 

Blinds Inside 9 

Boards, Roof 13 

Bolts, Sliding 7 

Bolts, Mortice 7 

Bridging, Cross 3 

Butler's Pantry 16 

c. 

Clap Boards 11 

Conductor Pipes 19 

Corner Boards.'. 11 

Colors 21 

Cornice, Main 14 

Cornices and Centres, (wood) 17 

Cold Air Duct , 17 

Crest... 14 

D. 

Deafening S 

Doors . 6 

Door Keys 7 

''* Knobs 7 

** Locks 7 

'^ Sizes of .. 6 

*' Trimmings 6 

**■ Hatchway 8 

Drawers 15 

Dresser 16 

F. 

Felting 20 

Flashing 20 

Flooring of the House 5 

Floors of Veranda S 

Frame, Description of the 3 

Frieze Board ..-'.. W r. 12 

G. 

Gas Fitting 26 

General Notes . . i i 

Glass •. /. 9 

H. 

Hall Closet 15 

Hand Rail ,'.... 10 

K. 

Knobs, Base 7 

Kitchen Pantry , 15 

L. 

Laundry 17 

Linen Closet 15 

N. 

Newels ii 



Page/ 



Outside Work. 
Painter 



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p. 



Pastry Board j- 

Plank, Roofing , , 

T} J 

14 

23 



Presses 
Plumber 
Pump. . . 



25 



Quality of Work . 



R. 

Roofs, Principal 13 

S. 

Sash q 

^" Lifts ::;::: z 

Scuttle ,. 

Sink, China Closet ,g 

Shelving .' ' jj 

Shingles j^ 

Sink in Kitchen jg 

Speaking Tubes jg 

Slater , ^o 

Stairs, Main 10 

" Attic [..[ u 

" Kitchen ,j 

" Cellar '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 11 

Steps, Wood j2 

" Veranda , ^^ 

Stock of the House , 

Struts 4 

Store Room 16 



Tank i- 

Timber, sizes of . 

" Main Roof 4 

" Veranda , 

" Roof ; ■■■■■'■ ; 



Varnish. . 
Veranda. 



Verge Boards 12 

w. 

Water Tabic j ^ 

Wainscot to Sink ,g 

to Bath Tub '.■;;■ ,^ 

Wash Trays , ^ 

Water Closet '.'.[[[ j ^ 

Windov/s 3 

Windows, Cellar jq 

" Dormer jq 

" Frames g 

" Trimmings „ 

Work, outside j j 



Index to Mason. 



Page. 



Arches 4 

B. 

Brick Lining 5 

c. 

Cess-Pool 6 

Cellar Bottom 5 

Chimneys , 4 

Cistern 6 

Coal Shoot 3 

Cornices and Centres 7 

D. 

Deafening 5 

Drain 5 

" in Cellar 5 

" Roof Water 6 

E. 

Excavations 2 

F. 

Furnace Flue 4 

Footings 3 

G. 

General Notes i 

Grading 2 

H. 

Hatchway ^ 

Hard Finish ,...,. ■ 7 



Pege. 
Joist Filling ^ 

L. 

Lathing y 

Levels 2 

M. 

Mason i 

p. 

Partitions, Brick ^ 

Plastering 7 

Quality of Brick 4 

Quality of Work 2 

R. 

Range 5 

s. 

Sills 3 

Steps 3 

T. 

Trenches 3 

u. 

Underpinning 3 

V. 

Ventilators 4 

w. 

Walls, Cellar 3 



CARPENTER AND JOINER. 



n 

of work and materials for the Carpentry and Joinery of 
a to be built for Mr. 

on land owned by 
State of from drawings made for the same by 

— and under his supervision and direction. 



Description of the Drawings and Specifications. 

The '"''general drawings''^ are made to a scale of one-fourth of an inch to the 
foot. — They consist of jp?a?zs of the building at every floor level; elevations of every 
side of the building, and sectional drawings of the heights. — 

There is also a full set of " detail drawings,''^ which, with the former, show all 
dimensions, sizes, heights and delineations of the proposed work. 

The drawings and specifications are the property of the Architect^ and are re- 
^^^r?^a&Ze ^0 ^m on completion of the work. — They are to be used for this building 
only. — The contractor will make no alteration in any of them, and should an error ap- 
pear, he shall duly notify the Architect, who will make proper adjustment. — Tlie 
notes of explanation on the various drawings are to be carefully followed, as they, 
together with the drawings and specifications, are all parts of the contract. — 

It will be observed that the specifications continually refer to detail drawings, 
and this is done as often as possible, the work being represented thoroughly by full 
■ size drawings. 



General Notes. 

The measurements of underpinning, foundation, and the framing that rests 
upon the underpinning, are all to be tested, both before and after work is done, 
that no mistake may take place in the bringing together of these three classes of 
work, — 

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The moulded or cut-out-work on the ends of brackets, rafters, and the like, is all 
to be wrought from the solid, with no nailing on of any part of the stuff. All curved 
or circular finish of base board, architrave casing, or outside work, is to be sprung 
on, or worked from the solid, so that no kerfing shall be visible ; — this is especially ap- 
plicable to hard wood finish. — 



All architrave and other mouldings on the detail drawings are to be formed with 
exactness ; those to doors and windows must have '"'■ Mould Irons'''' made for them— 
and no substitution whatever of mill-mouldings for those on the details will be 
allowed. — 



Carpenter will do all usual and necessary wood-work for and after the several 
craftsmen of the building ; — he will provide and set centres on which to turn arches — 
and no arch is to be turned without one — will make all patterns needed, — will provide 
and fix temporarily, doors and sash for keeping out the cold, rain, &c., and clear the 
building and the premises at the completion of the work of all rubbish, caused by 
building operations, and sweep the house.— 



The Plasterer will provide coal and stoves in cold weather for heating the build- 
ing while his work is going forward and until it is dry. — The carpenter must provide 
stoves and coal when the work is not in the hands of the plasterer, at such jDroper 
times as the Architect shall direct. 



Carpenter will provide all materials and perform all labor in his department, for 
finishing the building according to the drawings and specifications, and tlieir true intent 
and meaning. He must be responsible for violating all laws regarding street and 
side-walk obstructions, etc., and hold the Proprietor harmless from damage and 
expense arising from such violation, until his work shall have been delivered and 
accepted. 



Quality of the Work. 

The work is to be done in a good, thorough, workmanlike and proper manner 
throughout. — The joinery is to be close, smooth, true and well sand-papered ; — the 
carpentry true and plumb ; and the quality of other kinds of work as describeil under 
the various headings.— 



Stock of the House. 

Timber not exposed when finished, to be sound seasoned spruce. 

Timber on the exterior of the building, that is exposed when finished, to be 
second quality, seasoned white pine, except the foot of main house rafter, which will 
be of spruce. 

All lumber for the outside of the building to be second quality seasoned white 
pine, except the clapboards, which will be clear pine. (See Clapboarding, — page 11.) 

Inside finish of clear dry white pine,— free from sap. Other finish as specified. 



Description of the Frame. 

Note. — The figuring of the heights of stories on the Sectional drawing is between 
timbers. 

To be substantially framed, amply braced and plumbed. Sills, posts, girts and 
plates all to be framed together. Braces framed in. Outside door and window studs 
framed in at top and bottom. All other studs nailed in srifily. — All partition studs to 
be double at the angles, blocked half way up, and sel particularly true and plumb. 

Three stories of floor joist, to be stiffly spiked to sill, girt and plate ; also to each 
other where they lap in the middle of the house, or to the girts there. 

Cross-Bridging. — Bridge all floor joist in the building longer than 10 feet once, 
with 1 by 3 inch stuff, cut on the bevel, scribed and well nailed to the joist. 

Substantially spike the rafters to plate, and project the lower ends beyond the 
face of the building, to carry the cornice and gutter, and finish them for paint. — (See 
detail drawings of Main Cornices.) 

Put ridge boards to all the ridges. 

Frame all trimmers and headers with mortice and double tenon, or tenon and 
tusk. 

All partition studs, where it is possible, must set down on the supporting girt of 
the floor joist, and not on top of the floor. — 



Strutting. — The building is to have 4 by 6 struts, extending from tioor to iioor 
in such partitions as lack support underneath. 



Sizes of Timber. 

Sills, 6 by 6 inches, halved at the corners. 

Posts, 4 by 8 inches. 

Enclosing girders, 4 by 6 inches. 

Plates, 4 by 6 inches. 

Braces, 4 by 6 inches. 

Enclosing Studs, 2 by 4 inches, sixteen inches from centres. (See also the detail 
drawings of outside doors and windows.) 

Partition Studs, 2 by 4 inches, sixteen inches from centres. 

Floor joist all 2 by 10 inches, sixteen inches from centres. Those to first story to 
be notched in to the sill, and well spiked down. 

Headers and trimmers, 4 by 10 inches. 

Principal tie girders with partitions under tliem, 4 by 6 inches, framed into posts ; 
where no partitions come under them, 4 by 10 inches. (See floor plans.) 

Grirders or plates to minor partitions, 2 by 4 inches, and 3 by 4 inches. 



Main Roof Timber. 



Principal rafters, 2 by 6 inches, two feet from centres. Hip and valley rafters, 3 by 
6 inches. Ridge board, 1 by 8 inches. 



Veranda Timber. 

In the floor. — Sills, 4 by 8 inches. Girders, 4 by 8 inches. Joist, S by 8 inches, 
sixteen inches from centres. Frame all these to each other, flush on the back, and 
frame the joist to the girders, with double tenon, or tenon and tusk. 

Attach the girders in veranda floor to the house-sill. 

Itst the Roof. — Plate, Rafters, 2 by 6 inches, 

two feet from centres, scribed to a wall-piece against the house two inches thick. 
Hips, 3 by 6 inches. Posts, as per details, cased. Other dimensions from details. 



Flooring of the House That for the kitciien, laundry, pnntry and 

store room, to be of Georgia Pine, one inch, tliick, matched, in four inch widths, blind 
nailed. 

The balance of principal story to be of second quality white pine, tongued and 
grooved | of an inch in thickness, and five inches in width, nailed straight. 

Second story the same as in principal story. 

Third floor to have second quality white pine in wide boards, tongued and 
grooved. 

Note.— All floors must run up to the outside sheating closing all spaces, so that 
mice cannot circulate through the walls of the house. 

Yeeanda Flooes, — Of inch and one-fourth stuff, second quality, matched, dry 
white pine, five inches in width, to have nose and cove. The top board of nosing to 
be three inches in width. Incline the veranda floor on a pitch of one inch. 

Make all floors perfectly level, break the joints properly, and smooth down 
irrugularities, if any. 



Deafening.. Prepare the floor in 

for deafening, with cleats one inch by two inches in width, 
and nail them tliree inches down from the top on both sides of the joist ; put in inch 
hemlock boards, cut short, — crosswise of the joist, and nail in the same for the re- 
ception of the mortar. 



ija.se ijOaruS Get oat base-boards like the detail drawings, house them 

together at the angles, block them behind, so that the plaster may run to the floor. — 
They are to be of the same kind and quality of stock as the other finish of the rooms 
in which they are i)ut down, laid close to the floor, and scribed to the door casings. 

Note. — The moulded portion of a base-board should never be returned down to 
the floor where there is nothing to stop against, but should be turned back to the 
wall, or mitred on itself. The same of plaster, and wood cornices, and similar 
mouldings. 



Doors. 

Witii the exceptions mentioned below, the doors are to be made of clear, dry 
white pine, free from sap, and double-faced throughout the house ; — they must con- 
form to the drawings in every particular, and have Georgia-pine tliresholds through- 
out the building, with the exception of the first story of main house, which will have 
black walnut. 



Note. — There are to be transom lights and sash doors, as represented by inch 
scale and detail drawings ; — the transom-sash to be hung 

and to have to fasten the same, with an inch knob of porcelain. 

Transom-light to main entrance and vestibule doors to be hung with pivots, and to 
have brass snap-catch at bottom. 

Kind of glass in the Doors. — 



Sizes of Doges. — First story, 7 feet 6 inches, by 2 feet 8 inches, by Ifths in- 
ches ; — closet doors to same, 2 feet 6 inches wide, by Ifths inches. 

Second story, 7 feet 4 inches, by 2 feet 8 inches, by Ifths inches ; — closets to same, 
2 feet 4 inches, by Ifths inches. 

Third story, 7 feet, by 2 feet 6 inches, by 1^- inches ; — closets, 3 feet 4 inches wide, 
by li inches. 

Note. — For sizes not specified, and forms not regular, see inch scale drawings. 

Trimmings, — Every door in the building must have pair of loose joint 

butt-hinges of sufficient size to throw it clear Df the architrave mouldings. 

Doors in domestic apartments to have four inch , best, cast iron butt- 

hinge, subject to the above condition. 

All closet doors must have knobs inside as well as outside, 

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The double doors to have knobs to each fold, with which to handle the same, — 
escutcheons to one door only. 



Locks.— Every door in the building, except that to main entrance, to have a first 
quality, five incli, single tumbler, mortice lock made ; to have 

brass face and striking plate, and brass bolts and steel springs inside. 

Lock to main entrance door 



Keys. — Every door in the house must have a key ; the main entrance door, two 
keys ; and there will be the following changes : — store room, china closef, linen closet, 
wine cellar, and each chamber. 

Knobs. — Put on first quality white porcelain knobs and furniture, with silver 
electro- plated rose, complete, in two stories of the house, — Main entrance and vesti- 
bule doors to have knobs of 



Domestic apartments to have best quality mineral knob with iron escutcheon. 

Sliding Bolts. — The double doors to have sliding bolts at the top and bottom, 
substantial and strong, of equality with, and to match in style, the lock finish. 

Base Knobs. — .All doors opening against the plaster wall, to have small base 
knobs of hard wood, with rubber tips. 

MoETicE Bolts. — Every chamber door in second story main, to have a mor- 
tice bolt, 1^ by 2 inches, with 2 inch knob of same kind and quality as that to 



the lock ; to have brass striking plate. — All outside doors except those fo hntchway 
will also have them. — 

Notes about Dooks. — Face casings to doors and windows will not mitre at the 
top, but will go square across, — the mouldings will mitre. 

Doors that finish in Stain must have care that no sand papering is done except 
with the grain of the wood. 

None of the architrave mouldings in the building, either of door or window, ex- 
cept in top story, to be spliced. 

Hatchway Doors to Cellar.— Those outside are to be made of inch and a 
quarter stuff, second clear pine, in six inch widths, matched and beaded. — They are 
to be cross battened on the back side ,with inch and a half stuff, six inches in width, 
beveled all around on the edges, the battens running as near the outline of the door 
as the proper operation of the same will allow. 

To have four batrens to the fold, screwed on. — The doors at the meeting rails to 
be rebated. 

The head of the door to be properly constructed that no leak may occur. 

Make the jambs of the hatchway above ground of board, and nail it to 2 by 4 
studding, having two iron dowels each, leaded to the stone coping. 

Shed the foot of the door over the top step-stone, to throw the water. 

Trimmings. — Hang the doors with three sets of heavy strap hinges to each fold, — 
and attach a heavy oak bar on a strong pivot inside the doors, to fasten the same. — 

Hang the inside doors at the foot of the steps to 4 by 4 finished studs, rebated out 
to receive the door, the same stuff to pass across the door top. — This frame to be made 
perfectly stiff and secure in its place, air-tight, with mortar, if necessary : — the doors 
themselves the same as is specified for the outside doors here. 



Windows. 

Make the windows throughout the building to correspond with the several 
drawings. 



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Frames. — Outside casing, of second quality pine, as has been specified under 
"Stock of the House," — pulley stiles of second clear, housed at top and bottom, and 
heavily spiked, having good cast iron sheaves and pulleys. Screw on pocket caps of 
suitable length at the bottom of pulley stiles. 

Sash. — Of best, clear, dry, white pine, — with acorn-mould sash-bar; counter 
check rails,— to be double hung with best hemp cord, and balanced. The sash mullion 
must be full 2^ inches in width, as shown. — 

Note — Windows opening on hinges, have detail drawings furnished for them. 

Panel backs, panel jambs, boxing for blinds, and soffits,— 



Inside Bliwds. 



Outside Blinds. — Cover the windows of the building with blinds, with the ex- 
ceptions below named.— Provide, trim and hang first quality blind, sand prepared, of 
clear, dry white pine, 1^ inches in thickness, with rolling slat, and with three rails t/O 
the fold generally, and four rails to the fold of the windows opening on veranda. 

The trimmings to be heavy and substantial, with catches midway of the blind 
having a slide stop to prevent opening the blind from the outside ; — they must be 
submitted to the Architect for his approval before putting on. 

Glass. — The house to have first quality "double thick French" glass, except 
that specified for doors ; that for third story, to be single thick French. The glass to 
be bedded, back tacked, and well puttied. 

Teimmikgs. — To have a sash-fastener to every window in the house that does 
not fasten with a button. 

Those in the domestic apartments to be of heavy blaok japanned iron, with large 
porcelain tips. 

The balance of the house to iiave 



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Sash Lifts. — 



Cellae Windows. — The frames are to correspond with the detail drawings and 
are to be made of second quality white pine, bedded in mortar, set before the under- 
pinning is laid, and primed before they are set. 

The sash to be made of clear stuff, hung at the side with suitable butt hinges, hav- 
ing a button of iron to fasten them. 

The window must be protected with a grating of iron rods, five-eighths of an inch 
in diameter, placed perpendicularly, three inches from centres, and let into the frame 
at top and bottom. 

DoRMEKS. — To be got out like the details, of second quality pine for outside 
work ; and of clear stuff inside. — They must be made perfectly secure from leak at all 
points, and as per details. — The cheeks to be stop-flashed, and the cheek board set 
entirely over the tin, that being turned up broadly on the inside ; the tin to be painted 
on one side before putting on. — 

Note. — The windows opening down to the floor are to have cased heads and 
followers. — There will be inch furring on the face of cased heads, and the enclosing 
studs will be furred out to this line, that there may be no break in the wall-surface of 
the room. 

This will cause a wider pulley stile to be put into such windows and an extra 
stop for the outside blinds to shut against. 

It will also necessitate trimming the floor-joist above where they come endwise 
to the window, in order to allow the bottom-rail to slide up to the meeting-rail. 

Note. — ^Cover the tops of all outside window casings with tin ; tack the tin 
closely on the top, run it under the weather boarding at least two inches and 
paint it. 



Stairs. 

Main Stair-Case. — To be built as shown by the floor plans, on three stretches 
of two inch plank in a substantial manner. 

To have board riser, one and a quarter inch tread, tongued and grooved to each 
other, both housed into the wall-string. — To have rise and tread as indicated by 
figures on the floor plans, fractions, and variations in building excepted. 

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Treads and risers to be wedged, glued and blocked. 

To have nose, fillet and cove and bracket. 

Newels, Hand-Rail, and Balusters, to correspond with full size drawings, and be 
made of selected dry black walnut, — the hand-rail closely bolted at its joints, and 
properly stayed ; the balusters dove-tailed to the treads firmly, and the newell 
secured substantially to the floor. 

The stair-case to be lathed and plastered on its back and properly stiffened at all 
points with none but close and true work visible in its finish. 

It must be carefully covered with carpeting or the like, if built before the hard 
finish goes on, and closed up at top and bottom after finishing, that none may travel 
over it before the building shall have been completed. 

Note. — For paint and oil, see page 22. — 

Attic and Kitchen Stair-Cases. — To be substantially built as shown by the 
floor-plans, of second clear stock, — treads and risers, tongued and grooved to each 
other. — To have nose but no cove, the strings beveled. 

These stair-ca^es to be lathed and plastered air-tight on their backs. 

Cellar Stairs. ^Of plain substantial work, planed stuff, inch treads with nose, 
no cove, board riser, 2 inch plank strings ; — the stair-case neatly finished at top, 
cheeks boarded perpendicularly with inch stuff matched to within three steps of the 
bottom. 



Outside Work. 

, Sheathing-Boarbs. — Cover the frame of the building with best rough hemlock 
boards, one inch in thickness, put on diagonally with a close joint, nailed firmly. — 

Clap-Boards. — Put on best quality, clear^ dry, beveled, white pine clap-boards 
six inches in width, by half an inch in thickness at the butt, and one quarter inch 
thick at the thin edge. — Put the boards on with one inch lap, and set in the nails for 
puttying. 

Corner Boards. — To be of inch stuff, four inches only in ■width, with plain 
angle. — 



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Frieze-Board, — so called, — (see details of main cornice,) to be rebated out all 
around the building, (on the gables as well,) to receive the edge of clap-boards, that 
all may be weather-tight. 

Watee-Table, or Exterior Base Mouldings. — To be constructed as per full 
size drawing. 

Yeranda. — The timber for the floor and roof, and the floor-boards, have been 
specified. 

The roof -boards are to be of IJ inch second quality pine, in narrow widths, 
matched and beaded ; — -cornice as shown by details, posts cased and executed as de- 
tailed ; the whole substantially secured to the house, — The face-work of veranda under 
the nose-and-cove to be executed like the several drawings. 

Wood Steps. — To be built on three stretches of two inch plank, with inch and a 
quarter tread, nose and cove, board riser. 

The steps to be closed in at the ends with inch stuff placed perpendicularly, made 
up close and substantial. — The strings to rest on stone, put in by the mason below 
frost. 

Railing to Steps and Veranda. 



For Veranda Timber, see page 4. — 
" Floor, " " 6.— 



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Principal Roofs. 



Roof Boards.— Put on substantially best hemlock or spruce boards, of inch 
stuff. — Break and smooth down the joints properly, and straighten and make level 
everything before any shingling is done. 

Stripping, — three inches by inch and a quarter, of spruce, may be used if preferred, 
in the place of boards, — which must be nailed substantially. 

The finishing boards at the eaves exposed from beneath when the roof is com- 
pleted, are to be inch and a quarter, narrow, matched and beaded, dry stuff. 

Shingles — Are o be put on in three thicknesses, the butt and tip lapping two 
inches. — They are to have two nails to the sliingle, properly laid, and to stand away 
from the angle of the valley one inch only.— This makes a narrower and handsomer 
valley (2 inch) than is usual. 

Quality and kind of Shingles. — 



NoTE.^ — For Tin -work, seepage 19. 

All outside work to be executed so that no leak shall take place, and as shown by 
details. 



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Principal Roofs. 



Roofing Plaistk. — Put on wide plank one and a quarter inclies in thickness, 
tongued and grooved, finished on one side at least, so laid that the joints shall break 
properly, the joints smoothed down that the slate may lie evenly. 

To be second quality seasoned spruce plank. 

The ridges and eaves, and the roofs at all points, must be made perfectly level and 
true before th.e slate goes on. — 

The finishing boards at the eaves are to be inch and a quarter thick, narrow, 
matched dry pine. 

Put on two inch rolls to all hips before the slate goes on, and carry them to the 
outer face of the cornice, otier the gutter, — these will be covered with zinc. 

For Tin-work, see page 19. 



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Verge-Bo AEDS.— Their supports, and short rafters behind, are to be as per de- 
tails, twenty inches apart, and put up iu a substantial manner. 



Matn" Corn-ice. — This and the gutter must be made to correspond with the full 
size drawing, perfectly firm, straight, and true. 

Furr the gutter inside sufiiciently to throw the water to points indicated for the 
location of conductor-pipes. 

Foot of Raeters. — 



Scuttle. 



Crest. — 



Inside Again. 

Presses. — All clothes-presses, and closets in the chamber stories, are to have two 
rows of double, black japanned, iron hooks, placed nine inches apart, breaking joint 
with those on the other rack. 

Make the racks three inches in width, with an eighth inch bead on the lower edge, 
and pass them all around the closet. — Place the upper rack 5 feet 6 inches from the 
floor ; the lower one, 4 feet 6 inches from the tloc%. 

Shelf. — Put in a shelf of inch stuff, clear, to each press, with an eighth inch 
bead on lower[edge. — Shelf to rest on cleats formed like the detail given for jjantry 
shelving. — Shelves longer than four feet, will have a cleat along their full length, while 
sections shorter than that, will require cleating only on the ends. — The bottom of cleat 
to touch the rack. 

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LiN^EN Closet. — To have three drawers made of clear pine, in the manner and 
style of the details furnished for the drawers in china-closet, and kitchen -pantry. — 
They must each have a good, strong, lock and key, and two 2 inch mineral knobs. 

Dimensions of Drawers as follows : — sixteen inches deep each in the clear, the 
lower one starting three inches from the floor, — an inch parting strip between each 
drawer, with nose and cove, at top. — 

The length and width to be taken from the floor plans. 

Put in an inch stile against the wall at each end. 

Put in two rows of Hooks on racks as sj)ecifled for presses, avoiding the drawers 
and slielving. 

Shelving. — Put shelves the width of the drawer, directly, over the same, two feel 
apart, going to the ceiling. 

Closet in Main Entranoe-Hall — To be fited up with two rows of hooks on 
racks, shelf, &c., like the specification for clothes-press. 

Kitchen-Pantry.— Pit up the kitchen-pantry with shelves, cleats, standards, 
closets and drawers, as per details provided for the same, and as per plan of principal 
floor. — All jhis ^ork to be of clear white pine, finished for paint. 

The closet doors are to be hung with iron butts, and to have inch and a quarter 
mineral knob and iron button. — The opposite fold to have a hook or bolt on the in- 
side, to fasten the same. 

Doors to be seven-eighths of an inch thick, paneled, and two of the closets to have 
each a shelf. 

The Drawers — Must be made like the drawings, provided with two mineral 
knobs to the drawer, 2 inches each in diameter. 

Standard. — To be in one piece from counter to top shelf, let in neatly. 

Cleating. — To be got out at the mill as per detail, and used for all shelving in 
the building ; — put it up on the back side of all pantry shelves as well as on the ends. 

Shelving to be seven-eighths stuff, beaded on one edge only, — Jth. 

Pastry Board, — 



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Butler's Pantry, or China Closet.— Put in drawers, closets, shelves, stand- 
ard and cleat, like the inch scale drawings prepared for kitchen pantry and cliiaa- 
closet, and as per lirst floor plan, — and finish the work in every particular as has been 
specified for kitchen-pantry, with the exceptions that the drawers and closets are to 
have inch and a half porcelain knobs, and the doors trimmed with brass butts and 
brass buttons. 

Sink in china-closet,— will, with its marble top, be provided and set by the 
plumber ; is to be closed up beneath with three inch matched and beaded pine, 
placed perpendicularly. — Doors and trimmings like the others in china closet. 

Sliding Panel.— In the china-closet as per floor plan, eighteen inches wide by 
fifteen high in the clear. — Put in one and a quarter inch, flush-panel slide, moving 
sidewise on a track of wood, and put an inch knob of porcelain on both sides of it. 

Case the opening with v^ four inch moulding resting on the counter-top, which 
will make two feet ten inches from the floor the correct height for setting the top of 
scantling on which the track rests, — set the track before plasteriag. 

Store Room. — 



Dresser in Kitchen. — 



Kitchen Sink — Will be of iron, provided and set by the plumber. To have a 
Drip, as indicated on plan of one and a, half inches in thickness, with a stop mould 
around the outer edge, ploughed in, water tight ; set the drip on an inclination of 
two inches, rounding the edge, and support it substantially, — nothing closed up 
beneath. 

Wainscot behind the sink, — of seven-eighths matched and beaded in 

three inch widths, placed upright, two feet in height, with a single cap-mould neatly 
finished. House it into the drip, that no leak behind the sink may take place. 

There will be about running feet altogether of the wainscot. 

The iron back to the sink will set on the face of the waiuscot, and will be provided 
by the plumber. 

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Laundky. — Set three stationary wasii-trays in the laundry, as sliown on plan, of 
cleai', seasoned white pine, two inches thick, housed together at nil points in wliite 
lend, a perfectly tight job. — To be in dimensions precisely as \iQV incJtand-a-half scale 
and detail drawings. 

The trays are to have Hush panel covers, of the thickness and construction de- 
tailed, of pine, and not hung. Hanging stile behind, and parting strips between 
covers, as shown. 

Bath Tub — To have two-paneled riser, with live inch, ogee, moulded rails and 
stiles, executed in clear, white pine. — The rim of the tub to be of black walnut, with 
nose and cove on face, the inner edge rounding over smoothly, to shed the water, 
fcu'ming a finish — the wainscot must be housed into the rim water-tight, or the work 
will be condemned. 

Wainscot to be made of four inch matched and beaded stuff, placed perpendicu- 
larly, two feet 6 inches in height above the tub about feet in length, with a plain 
■ ap moulding, executed in clear, 

Ta;!<k ; — See page 28 — to be made of two inch thick white pine plank, 



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Water Closet. — Make the riser, lid, and seat, of selected dry black walnut of 
smooth work. 

Hang the seat and the lid with brass butts, and hollow out the front edges by 
which to raise them. 

Put the whole thing together with blue headed, or brass screws, that it may be 
taken apart without injury, and put an eighth inch bead on the work generally. 

Basins. — Close up beneath the basins with doors, as specified for kitchen pantry, 
and with three inch dry pine, matched and beaded, placed perpendicularly.— Angle- 
basins to have back-battened doors, with an eighth piece placed on the top edge of 
door, fornjing a bead and a finish. 

Angle Beads, — plain. — 



Wood-Cornices and Centre-pieces.— Q-et out and put up cornices and centre- 
pieces of clear, diy, in main hall and in rooms 
of the principal story, in accordance with the Details. 

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Put grounds of pine on tlie studding, of the exact width shown, which will cause 
tlie plaster joint to be covered by the cornice. — This is applicable to I he Centre- pieces 
as well as to the cornice, though the grounds to the former must be adapted on the joist. 

Screw the centre-pieces to the grounds after the plaster shall have dried. 

Cold Aie-duct to the Furnace. — Construct a cold-air passage to the furnace 
from the opening in the wall, and make it of matched pine, air-tight, and to suit 
the requirements of the furnace-man. 

Insert a slide damper of board half way between the furnace and the cold air-hole, 
then put in a hinged door, with button of wood about half way between damper and 
furnace also air-tight, — to be ten inches by the width of duct in length. — This to use 
the air in the cellar during a gale of wind. 

Stretch coarse galvanized wire netting over the mouth of the air-box, fine 
enough to keep out mice ; and set iron rods in the frame to match those in the cellar 
windows. — 



Bells. 

Provide and hang in the kitchen, on a plate of board, a six inch Gong-bell, con- 
nected with the principal entrance door ; also, provide and fix a straight bell-pull and 
plate, to match in size, design and material, the door-knob. 

All the bells must be substantially and tightly attached with copper wire, carried 
in quarter-inch tin tubes, the tubes placed on the lath before plaster is put on, and to 
have all requisite turns, springs, pull-backs, &c. 

Provide and hang where directed, in the kitchen, on a wood plate, 
swing bells, about three inches in diameter at the mouth, of various sizes, and connect 
them with the following rooms : — they are to have in the rooms crank lever pulls, of 
best white porcelain ; the rims and lever electro plated in silver, with a tip of por- 
celain. 



Speaking Tubes. — 



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Tinnef. 



Use best charcoal single- cross ( X ) Tin. 

Cover the with small sheets, laid flat, the joints well locked, 

using three nails to the sheet, all thoroughly soldered. Gro over the work, and stop 
all leaks after all the craftsmen have left the building. 

Tin the tops of window heads as specified on page 10. 

Do the tinning all around dormers, as specified on page 10. 

GrUTTERS. — Carry the tin over the face of the cornice three-quarters of an inch 
only^ and tack it closely. — Pound it well down, flat and hnrd, to avoid a ragged look 
from the ground. — Line the gutter properly, run the tin under the shingles ten inches, 
and direct the water towards the conductor-pipes with furring, before starting the tin 
work. 

Conductor-Pipes. — Use best charcoal, double cross (XX) tin for the conductors. 
Put them up where indicated by the elevations, and connect them with the drain-pipe 
in the ground, which will start directly beneath the conductor. — Secure them in 
position substantially and paint them inside by turning thin liquid paint in at one end, 
and revolving the pipe slowly until the paint drips out at the outer end. 

Contrive elbows at the top handsomely, avoiding the universal ' sprawl ' here. — 
Pat in also neatly formed breaks wherever necessary. 

The sizes of conductor-pipes will be as follows : 

Those to main house, 4 inches in diameter. 
" " wing, 3 " " 

" " veranda, 3 " " 

" " bay-window, 2 " ** 

" porch, 2 " 

Veranda, bay-window, canopy and porch, to have tin run under the clap-boards 
at least ten inches, to avoid absorption of water above the tin when banks of snow lie 
melting against the house. 



Paint all tin- work two coats. 

Tin all usual places that require to be water tight, whether specified or not. 



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Slater. 

Cover the roofs with best selected 

inches by inches in size, Inid in two thicknesses, 

with the tip and bntt lapping three inches, — the slates to be trimmed properly and 
drilled.— Put them on with best tinned, flatsheaded, slate nail, two to the slate, and 
warrant the job perfect for one year. i* *': 

Lay all valleys open two inches in width only. 

Lay the work with three bands of cnt slate at regular intervals, in the pointed or 
octagonal manner — ^as the Architect shall specify — each uand consisting of three 
courses. 



Feltin'g. — Line all slate with 
carefully stretched and tacked on. 

FlashijN'G. — Flash all hips, ridges and valleys with heavy zinc of full width — that 
in valleys to be fourteen inches in width — and cover the wood-roll on hips, dormers, 
&c. 

Flashing around Chimneys. — Flash the chimneys with zinc, and step-flash 
those that are on the rake of the roof, — cap the flashing, and turn the zinc into the 
mortar-joint, and point the brick work after finishing the flashing. 

(The flashing extends perpendicularly under the cap and terminates. — The cap, 
which is secured in the brick-joint, follows down plumb to within a half inch of the 
slate, and there stops. — This will allow the zinc to expand without injury.) 



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Yalleys.— Line the valleys with tin, fourteen inches in width, — solder it well 
and paint it on tlie upper side, as the workmen go forward. — Put in two inch, valleys — 
no wider — throuo-liout the work; 



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Flashing around Chimneys. — Flash the chimneys with, tin, step-flashing those 
on the roof-rake.— Cap the flashing, and turn the edge of the cap into the mortar-joint, 
and point the brick work after finishing the flashing. 

The flashing on the roof- plane will lie between the two upper courses of shingles, 
and extend perpendicularly under the cap. — The cap turning into the brick joint, 
then following down plumb only, will terminate a half inch above the roof. 

This constructiou allowt. the tin to expand and contract, without damage to the 
worK. 



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Painter. 

Provide all materials, and perform all labor for the full and proper painting of 
the building. 

Cover all sap and knots, all pitch and gum, both inside and outside of the build- 
ing, with a coat of strong Shellac before applying the priming coat. — Note. — All 
nail-heads in the work both outside and inside, will be set in by the joiner. — Putty up 
the work inside and outside smoothly, after it shall have been primed. Use all neces- 
sary dryers, &c. in the work. 

OUTSIDE. 

Paint the exterior work three coats of 



COLORS. 
Body of the work and the conductor-pipes, of 

Trimming* 
Blinds 

Sash 

Outside- doors, 

Yeranda floor 

Ceilings of canopy and veranda, 

Brick work 

Trim the outside work as follows : — 



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Tin. — Paint the tin-work as has been specified under the head of "Tinner," page 
19, two coats, the conductor-pipes three coats. 

INSIDE. 

Sand paper well the work to be painted, and ' clean aut ' all the mouldings before 
priming ; also sand paper between two coats of paint. 

Paint all white ])ine work three coats of best White Lead 

and pure Linseed Oil, in the tints named below and finish the last coat with pure 
Spirits of Turpentine, 

OOLOES INSIDB, 



Paint all shelving in the house the color of the adjoining room. — In the kitchen- 
pantry and china-closet, the upper surfaces of the shelves will remain without paint. 

Oil all hard wood in the building except stair case with a coat of raw linseed-oil, 
well rubbed in, and thereafter with another light coat also rubbed in. — Hard wood 
floors to have 

Paint the sash inside, the color of the room in which it is hung, two shades lighter. 

Main Staik-Case. — Smoothly sand paper the hard wood of the stair-case and 
finish it with 



Varnish.— "Varnish the painted work in the kitchen, laundry, ohina-closet, 
panti y, storeroom and bath-room, two good coats of best Copal Varnish. 

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PLUMBER 



General Notes. 

Provide all materials and porl'orm all labor requisite for putting up and finishing 
all the works, in a good and workmanlike manner, according to the Specification, and 
its trne intent and meaning. — 

Weight of Pipe. — All Lead Pipe, except Waste, to be "A" pipe (standard to be 
specified). 

Put up all pipe with best hard metal tacks and screws. — 

Calk all iron pipe with molten lead, and fix it in position with strong iron hooks. 

Make all Traps of lead, generally of the S form, — fill in their bottoms with 
solder, and put a brass trap screw to all of them except that to water-closet. 

All Plating to be of good silver electro-plate. — 

Lay all pipe in the laundry and kitchen on narrow, inch-thick pine strips, 
exposed. — 

Avoid the putting up of pipe on outside walls, also undue cutting of the floor 
joist. 



Pump. 



Provide and fit complete, near the kitchen sink, a two and 

a half inch double-chambei"ed Ship Pump, and put in a three-way stop-cock, to draw 
water from both Well and Cistern. — Excavate and fill the ground, and carry an inch 
and a qnarter suction pipe to the well and the cistern within two feet of the bottom 
of both with a large perforated termination. — Carry one and a quarter inch rising- 
main to the tank with a check- valve just above the sink supply ; — insert in r.he rising- 
main just below the tank bottom, a finished brass lever stop-cock, where it can be 
easily reached, and place it well away from the cold. 

Tank. 

The size of the tank is to be feet in length, by feet in width, 

by feet in depth in the clear inside. — Line it properly with four-pound 

lead, tack the lining to the case with tinned nails in circles, and wipe the nail heads 
with solder. — Put in a lialf-lucTi tell-tale from the tank to near force pump. — Put in 
a two inch overflow connected with the 

Put in a three quarter inch air pipe, connected with the supply main under the tank, 
then carry it either inside or outside of the tank to the top, and form the end like a. 
hook, discharging into the water. 

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Boiler. 

Provide and fit complete in the kirchen, on a cast-iron standard, a forty five gallon, 
"heavy pressure," copper cylinder Boiler, with, domed and riveted head, and inside 
with three bands and the usual copper tube. Connect the boiler and the water- 
back with three-quarter inch "A, A," pipe, and place a three-quarter inch finished, 
brass, lever Sediment-stop-cock at the bottom, connected with the sink- waste with 
five-eighths inch pipe trapped. — Put in two, three-quarter inch, finished, brass, lever 
stop-cocks over the boiler, to shut off the water. — Connect the boiler and the rising- 
main with three quarter inch pipe. 

Kitchen Sink. 

Provide and set in the kitchen, on iron legs, a cast-iron Sink with strainer, six 
inches, by twenty- two inches, by thirty-six inches, fitted with a patent cast-iron Back — 
Supply it with hot water through five-eighth inch pipe, and five-eighth inch finished, 
brass, lever faucet, fitted with flange and thimble. — Supply cold water from the piimp 
direct, through three quarter inch pipe, and three-quarter inch finished, brass, lever 
faucet fitted with flange and thimble. — Put in a two-inch Waste trapped, connected 
with the drain. — 



Butler's Sink. 

Provide and fit complete in the china-closet, a fourteen by twenty inch, jiat- 
bottomed, tinned and-planished copper, over-flow Sink. — Supply it with hot and cold 
water through half-inch pipe, and three-eighth inch plated Pantry faucets. — Put in 
«n inch and a quarter Waste trapped, connected with the 

also, put in a socket-strainer and plug and attach the plug with a plated metal chniii 
of wire-gauge, double. No. 17. — Put in a best, veined, Italian marble slab and back, an 
inch and a quarter in thickness, with moulded edges, — the slab counter-sunk, and the 
back eight inches in height.— Sink will be closed up underneath. 



Wash Trays. 



Plumb complete in the laundry, three Wash-Trays, and supply them with hot and 
cold water through three-quarter inch pipe, and three-quarter inch finished, brass, 
lever wash-tray Bibbs, fitted with flange and thimble. — Put in two inch Waste 
trapped, connected with the drain, fitted with socket strainer and plug, — and attach 
the plug with plated chain of wire-gauge, double, IN o 12. 

Basins. 

Set where shown on floor plans, white marbled overflow Basins, fourteen 

inches in diameter, outside measure, and supply them with hot and cold water 
through half-inch pipe, and three-eighth inch plated swing Basin faucet, of suitable 
size and pattern. — Put in an inch and a quarter Waste, trapped, fitted with socket, 

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-traiut-r and plug, and attach the plug with a plated metal chain of wire-gauge, r/owi^e, 
No. 16. — Put inch-thick, best, veined. Italian marble slab and back, with moulded 
edges, — the slab to be counter-snnlv, the back ten inches in height. 

Bath-Tub. 

Provide and tit complete, a best French overflow Bath-Tub, four feet and a half 
in length, by two and a half feet in width, lined with fourteen ounce, tinned-and- 
plauished copper. — Supply it with hot and cold water, through three-quarter inch 
pipe, and three-quarter inch plated flange and thimble Bath-bibb.- — Put in one and 
n half inch Waste, trapped, and connect it with the soil-pipe ; also, put in socket, 
strainer and plug, and attach the phig with plated chain of wire-guage, double, 
JNo. 15. 



Sh 



ower. 



Provide and fit up complete on a plate of board beaded — with the pipes exposed, 
and near the middle of the tub — a plain, eight-inch, tinned-and-planished copper 
Shower, supplied with cold water only, through flve-eighth inch pipe and five-eighth 
inch plated Shower- stop-cock. 

Water-Closet. 

Provide and fit up in proper working order, a best, patent, pan, valve, Water- 
Closet, with large earthen bowl supplied with cold water through five-eighth inch 
pipe. — To have plated cup and porcelain pull. — Put in four inch cast-iron Soil-Pipe, as 
specified on the first page of Plumbing, closely connected with the drain, and trap it 
with a four inch Trap of six-pound lead, and without a screw. 



Suction Preventive, and Vent. 



Attach a two inch pipe of iron just below the soil-pipe trap and above all waste- 
pipes that connect with the soil-pipe; carry it to the exterior of the building well under 
the eaves of the roof at a point nearest the water-closet, and bend the end downward 
in hook form. — 

Safes. 



Supply a sufl^cient number of finished brass lever stop-cocks in the cellar to draw 
the water from aU the pipes iu the building at pleasure. 

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Gas-Fitting. 



Provide all materials and perfoi-m all labor requisite for the foU and proper opera- 
tion of the work, according to the Specification and its true intent and meaning. — 

Pipe the building with best wrought-iron Gras-pipe — of the various sizes required 
by the Gas-C()m"^any, and for the proper operation of the work, and use best malleable- 
iron fittings. — Secure all pipe substantially in its place, joint it in red lead and supply 
all necessary elbows, T's, etc., and test and cap the pipe after it shall have been put 
in. — Strictly avoid all undue cutti- * — . 



Peemisriotst to connect.— Pay the Gas-Company for and put in the service-pipe, 
from the street main, to the inner face of the cellar wall, and comply vnth all their 
usual regulations, — also do the excavations for the same. — 

The location of Burners is indicated on the floor plans by a star (*' ). — If any of 
them have been obliterated, the full list below will supply the deficiency. — Place the 
outlets four feet nine inches from the floor, except those in second and third story- 
halls and passages, and cellar, 
which will be placed five feet six inches from the floor. 

Note. — There are no gas fixtures included in the contract. 

Put in outlets for Drop-lights and Brackets, as follows : 

DEOP LIGHTS. BRACKETS. 



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ABO 



of materials and labor for the Mason- work of a 
to be built for Mr. 

on land owned by 

State of from drawings made for the same by 

— and under his supervision and direction. 



Description of the Drawings and Specifications. 

There are ^'■general drawings^'' of every side and every floor of the building, 
made to a scale of a quarter-inch to the foot. — 

There is also a full set of ^'detail drawings,'^'' which, with the former, show all 
dimensions, heights and delineations of the proposed work. 

The drawings and specifications are the 'property of the Architect, and are 
returnable to him on completion of the work. — They are to be used for tins build- 
ing only. — The contractor will make no alteration in any of them, and should an error 
appear, he shall duly notify the Architect;, who will make proper adjustment.— The 
notes of explanation on the various drawings are to be carefully followed, as they 
with the drawings and speciflcations are all parts of the contract. — 

Ir will be observed that the speciflcations continually refer to detail drawings, and 
this is done as often as possible, the work being represented thoroughly by full size 
drawings. 



General Notes. 

The measurements of underpinning, foundation, and the framing that rests on the 
underpinning, are all to be tested, both before and after work is done, that no mis- 
take may take place in the bringing together of these three classes of work. — • 

Note. — The following is an extract from the Carpenter's Speciflcation : — 

"Carpenter will do all usual and necessary wood-work for and after the several craftsmen of the 
building ; — he will provide and set centres on which to turn arches — and no arch is to be turned 
without one — will make all patterns needed — will provide and fix temporarily doors and sash for 
keeping out the cold, rain, &c., and clear the building and the premises at the completion of the 
work of all rubbish caused by building operations, and sweep out the house." 

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The plasterer must jirovide coal and stoves in cold weather t^ r heating the build- 
ing while his work is going forward, and until it is dry. — The Carpenter will provide 
stoves and coal when the work is not in the hands of the Plasterer, and at such proper 
times as the Architect shall direct. 

Mason must provide all materials, and perform all labor in his department 
necessary for finishing the building as well as for the several craftsmen and do everj^- 
thing according to the drawings and speciiications and their true intent and meaning. — 
He miist be responsible for violating law, and hold the proprietor harmless from dam- 
age and expense arising from such violation, until his work shall have been delivered 
and accepted. 

Thoroughly protect new masonry from stormy weather, and lay all brick wet 
during the months of June, July, August and September. 

Note. — No mortar shall be mixed in the cellar at any time, neither in winter nor 
summer. 

Blue tint on the drawings indicates stone, red tint brick, and yellow wood. 



Quality of Work. 

Execute the work in a thorough, workmanlike and proper manner. — All stone 
walling must be plumb, well bedded and bonded, — all brick work solid and plumb, 
and the plaster walling made straight and worked to a true surface. 



EXCAVATIONS. 



Dig out the full depth of soil where the building shall stand, besides ten feet 
more in width all around it, and stack in two places on opposite sides of the lot, 
feet away from the cellar location. 

Excavate the earth as may be necessary for building the various works, and 
as required by the drawings, and as much deeper as may be necessary to secure solid 
foundations. — Dig the bank away from the stone walls a foot at least — Excavate for 
outside piers and the like so that their bottom levels shall be three feet below the 
graded surface, and sink them twelve inches below the surface of any old ground 
besides. — Excavations for all pipes except those for gas and plumbing to be done by 
Mason. 

LEVELS. 

Build the underpinning to show out of ground as per Elevations, and level it up 
to a point indicated on a large Stake hard by. — Other levels can be found under other 
headings. — (Note. — Locate the stake before digging.) 

GRADING. 

Throw back and ram, the earth against the cellar walls after the mortar shall 
be dry ; level it with the bottom of underpinning, and use that thrown out of the 



cellar for the purpose, providing more for proper grading, if necessary. — Slope off and 
grade the ground with care on all sides of the building, and leave the soiling to be 
done by the Owner. 

TRENCHES. 

Trench the cellar for chimneys, piers, partition and outside walls, so that the top 
surfaces of footings shall lie at least four inches below the cellar bottom. 



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FOOTINGS. 

Put in footings of heavy rough stones, crosswise of the walls, not less than ten 
inches in thickness with at least seven inches projection from the wall-face or pier 
on all sides. — Put footings to chimneys, inside and outside piers, partition walls, and 
main walls. 

CELLAR WALLS. 

Properly lay the walls according to plans and dimensions in common cellar walling 
stone, rough-faced and neatly pointed inside, and ragged -faced outside, in good lime 
mortar. — Leave openings of suitable size at projjer points for the various pipes. 

UNDERPINNING. 
Lay the underpinning as shown by the drawings, of 



SILLS TO OPENINGS IN UNDERPINNING. 
Build in to the wall, sills got out like the details, of 



HATCHWAY. 

Build Hatch-way as per plan and dimensions, with treads of blue-stone three 
inches in thickness, built in at ends and back, Hush in front with the riser. — Risers 
of hard brick. — The jaTnbs to be of same material and work as cellar walls, coped with 
three-inch- thick blue stone. — Lay all this work in lime mortar. 

COAL SHOOT. 



STONE STEPS. 

Lay in the ground at the foot of all wood steps, two-inch-thick, fine axed blue- 
stone steps, of fifteen inches tread by the length of il)e wood step in length. 



QUALITY OF BRICK. 

Use good hard brick only, throughout the works — except in the house lining — ■ 
and lay all face work with flush Joint, except chimney tops, which will be struck. — 

BRICK PARTITIONS. 

As shown on plans, carried hard up to the timber, and to have openings of proper 
sizes left for furnace-pipes. — Build brick piers inside and outside of the hoa.se with 
footings as per plans laid up with care, — those outside in cement- mortar. 

Arches. — 



JOIST FILLING 

Fill in between floor-joist — 'ouching the floor and joist — brick laid in mortar, 
on top of, and flush with, the inside face of cellar- wall, and point air-tight the joint 
between brick and wood. — Pass the same all around the building, 

CHIMNEYS. 

Trenches, footings and brick as have been specified. — Build the Chimneys to 
correspond with the drawings, — the flues with flush mortar joints, witliout parging, 
narrowed slightly towards the top. —Carry all withes to the top of the chimney, and 
thoroughly clear the flues on completion of the building. — Top out in half-and-half 
lime and cement of selected brick, and as per drawings, and make the cap of 

FURNACE FLUE. 

Start the furnace flue at the cellar bottom level, and set an eight-by-eight inch 
substantial iron door there. — Put a cast-iron thimble for the smoke-pipe 
inches in diameter, fourteen inches away from the floor-joist. — Carry the flue to the 
top of the chimney independently of all other flues — Build the grate-openings two 
feet four inches in width, by two feet eight inches in height at the spring of the arch, 
and turn there a flat arch. — Turn arches resting against trimmers four inches in thick- 
ness on which to carry hearths. 

VENTILATORS. 

Set best patent, lever, six by eight inch, h\dick-j apanned ventilators, (with double- 
cord,) in the following rooms : 



Set five inch, cast-iron thimbles with lids in the brickwork of flues, for stove-pipes, 
as follows : — 



BRICK WORK AROtJNi) RANOE. 

Lay out the work here as may be necessary for the pattern of Range furnished — 
hot from the plan — and build all exposed worK of selected 

brick, laid up with care. — Provide and set a Lintel ten inches in 
width by four inches thick by the width of the chimney breast in length, of rubbed 
stone. — Put in the foundations, as planned, and turn a four inch arch on which to 
carry the hearth. 

Note. — Owner will provide and set the Furnace with its hot-air and smoke-pipes, 
registers and soap-stones complete ; — he will also provide and set the Range, 
Mantels, Grates and Hearths, including that to Range, and furnish materials, — 

BRICK LINING. 

Line the house from sill to plate and ridges between studs with good Pale Brick 
laid iiriiily on edge in mortar. 

DEAFENING. 
Fill in one inch in depth of coarse mortar between the joist of the following floors, — 



CELLAR BOTTOM. 

Level off the Cellar bottom, settle it thoroughly, with water, and cover it with 
cement an inch and a half in thickness, well worked down to a surface. — Compound 
the cement of clean, coarse, sharp sand and best, light, Rosendale Cement, three parts 
of the former to one of the latter. 

SURFACE DRAINS IN CELLAR. 



DRAIN. 

Properly lay below frost, as delineated on cellar plan, a six inch, vitrified Tile- 
Drain, jointed in cement. — Start it under the cellar bottom at a point near the soil- 
pipe termination, — lay it on a pitch of at least half an inch to the foot, and connect it 
with the cess-pool. — Trap the drain six feet away from the building with six-inch 
running trap, and connect the cistern overflow with tlie same, at the most convenient 
point for its proper oi)eration. 



liOOF WATER BEAIN^g. 

Properly lay below frost, on a regular and sufficient grade to^ and connected witli 
the cistern near its top, — lines of Cement or vitiified Drain-tile, as follows: — start 
mains of five inch calibre below frost, directly beneath the two conductors nearest each 
other at the front of the house, and carry them in opposite directions to the cistern at 
the rear of the building. — Tap the mains abreast the various conductor-pipes — con- 
necting the former and the latter — with drain tile of sizes corresponding with the con- 
ductor-pipes themselves. 

CISTERN. 

Construct and finish a circular Cistern under ground at the rear of the house at a 
point below named, and sink it below the surface of the final grading 
feet. — Lay the walls of hard brick, eight inches in thickness, and ram the earth 
around them when dry. — Rani the bottom and lay it in brick on edge. — Dome the top 
eigTit inches in thickness, — start the arch well down and back it up so as to resist suc- 
cessfully all thrust and probable weight — Lay all the brick in half-and-half lime and 
cement, and plaster the cistern inside and outside with two coats of l)est^ clear, light 
Rosendale Cement. — Leave a man-hole twenty-four inches in diameter, and put on a 
cover of blue-stone three inches in thickness, burying the whole in the ground.— Lay a 
six inch tile-drain over-Jlow below frost, from the cistern near its top, and on a proper 
and sufficient grade ; trap it with six inch running trap and connect it with the drain 
at the most convenient point for its proper operation.— Build the cistern of the fol- 
lowing dimensions, — feet in diameter, by feet in depth 
in the clear inside. 

Locate the cistern . . 



CESS-POOL. 

Build a circular Cess-pool at the rear of the house, and sink it below the final 
grading feet. — Lay the walls dry^ rough faced inside, eighteen inches 

in thickness of similar stone to that in cellar walls ; — draw in the walls towards 
the top in dome-form, perfectly substantial, leaving a man-hole two feet in diameter, 
— cover this with a flag-stone three inches in thickness and bury the whole in the 
ground. 

Vent to Pool. — Build in to the top of Pool perpendicularly, as the work goes 
forward, a four inch drain-tile, and leave it standing two feet above ground. — Locate 
the Pool as follows, — 



LATHING. 

Lath the house with best Spruce lath of fall thickness, free from bark, and lay ih 
a full quarter inch apart, with four nailings to the lath, breaking joint at every tenth 
lath. — Finish all closets their full heighth. 

PLASTERING. 

Provide all materials, utensils, scaffolds, etc., and perform all labor necessary for 
the full and proper finishing of all the plasterers' work, in a workmanlike manner. — 
(See also General Notes on page 2, of Mason's specification.) 

Plaster the house throughout with Three-coat work. 

The ceiling of cellar will be lathed and plastered. 



The attic will be lathed and plastered. 

The backs of all stair-cases must be lathed and plastered. 

Compound the Mortar in proportion of one cask of Lime to two of Sand, to one 
bushel of Hair, — the hair somewhat diminished in quantity in the brown coat. — Use 
best quality pure unslaked Lime, and clean sharp bank Sand, free 

from Loam and salt, and best, fresh, long, Cattle or Goat Hair. — Thoroughly mix 
the ingredients by continued and faithful working, and stack the mortar in the rougli 
two weeks at least before putting it on. .. 

Properly put on the Scratch coat, and apply sufficient force to secure a strong 
and sufficient key ; — level and float up the Brown coat and make it true at all points. 

SCREEDS. 



HARD FINISH. 

Cover all brown mortar with best Hard-Finish compounded of finishing lime 
putty and plaster of Paris, and clean washed white Sand. — Mix them in proper pro- 
portions so as to secure with a sufficient amount of troweling down a good, handsome 
and workmanlike job. 

Carry all Lath and Plaster to the floor.— Work faithfully up to the Grounds, make 
good all plastering after the various craftsmen, and remove all plaster-stains and 
discolorations at the end of the work. 

PLASTER CORNICES AND CENTRES. 



Articles of Agreement, made and entered into this 

day of - in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty 

By and Between - — • - 



..Part of the First Part, and 

.Part of the Second Part. 



First. — The said/ar^ of the second part do hereby, for heirs, 

executors, administrators or assigns, covenant, promise and agree, to and with the said/ar/ of 

the first part, heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, that 

the said/ar/ of the second part, heirs, executors, administrators 

or assigns, shall and will, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, on or before the 

day of - - in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty 

well and sufficiently erect, finish and deliver in a perfect and thoroughly -.a orkmanlike manner, a 



for and to the part of the first part, to be built on land situated in the.. 
ofl -State of 

agreeably to Drawings and Specifications made for the same by. 



of the , Architect, and signed by 

the said parties, within the time aforesaid, in a good workmanlike and substantial manner, to the sat- 
isfaction and under the direction of the said , - to be 

testified to by a writing or certificate under the hand of the said 

and also shall and will find and provide such good, proper and sufifi- 

cient materials, of all kinds whatsoever, as shall be proper and sufficient for the completing and fin- 
ishing all the works of the said Buildmg mentioned in the 

Specification, for the sum of 



Second. — The said/^r/ of the first part do hereby, for.- 



"-: heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, covenant, promise and agree 

to and with the said Part of the second part, -heirs, executors, administrators or 

assigns, that the said/ar^ of the first part , heirs, executors, ad- 

ministrators or assigns, shall and will, in consideration of the covenants and agreements being strictly 
kept and executed by the said/«r/ of the second part, as specified ; will well and truly pay, or 

cause to be paid, unto the said/ar/ of the second part, or unto heirs, executors, 

administrators or assigns, the sum of .... 



Dollars, lawful money of the Uniteci States of America, in manner following : 



COMTKACT. 
I'^irst payment of !^ 

Second payment of ^ 

Third payment of % - 

Fourth payment of ^ _... 



when the building is fully completed, and after the expiration of — -- -days from its com- 
pletion, and when the Drawings and Specifications have been returned to the Architect. 

r rOVlQCCl, That in each case of the said payments a certificate shall be obtained from 
and signed by the said Architect, to the effect that he considers the payment properly due ; said cer- 
tificate, however, in no degree lessening the total and final responsibility of ih.t part of the second 
part ; and Provided further, that in each case a certificate shall be obtained by the part of the 
second part from the clerk of the office where liens are recorded, and signed by said clerk, testi- 
fying that the said building is, at the time when the payment is due, free from all liens and claims 
chargeable to ihe. part of the second part. 

And it is hereby further Agreed by and between the 
said Parties : 

Third. — That the Specifications and the Drawings are intended to co-operate, so that any works 
exhibited in the Draw'ngs, and not mentioned in the Specifications, or 7'ice versa, are to be executed 
the same as if they were mentioned in the Specifications and set forth in the Drawings, to the true 
intent and meaning of the said Drawings and Specifications, without extra charge. 

Fourth. — The Contractor, at his own proper costs and charges, is to provide all manner of 
materials and labor, scaffolding, implements, moulds, models and cartage of every description, needful 
for the due performance of the several works ; and render sufficient facilities to the Architect for the 
inspection of the works. 

Fifth. — Should the Owner, at any time daring the progress of the said works, retiuire any alter- 
ations of, deviations from, additions to, or omissions in the said Contract, he shall have the right and 
power to make such change, or changes, and the same shall in no way injuriously affect or make void 
the Contract ; but the difference shall be added to or deducted from the amount of the Contract, as 
the case may be, by a fair and reasonable valuation. 

Sixth. — Should the Contractor, at any time during the progress of the said works, refuse or 
neglect to supply a sufficiency of materials or of workmen, or cause any unreasonable neglect or sus- 
pension of work, or fail or refuse to comply with any of the articles of agreement, the Owner or his 
agent shall have the right and power to enter upon and take possession of the premises, and provide 
materials and workmen sufficient to finish the said works, after giving a three days' notice in writing, 
directed and delivered personally to the part of the second part ; and the expense of finishing 

the various works shall be deducted from the amount of the Contract, 



CONTRACT. 

Seventh. — Should any dispute arise respecting the true construction or meaning of the Draw- 
ings or Specifications, the same shall be decided by the Architect, and his decision shall be final and 
'conclusive ; but should any dispute arise respecting the true value of any extra work, or of works 
omitted, the same shall be valued by two competent persons — one employed by the Owner, and the 
other by the Contractor — and those two shall have power to name an umpire, whose decision shall be 
binding on all parties. 

Eighth. — No work shall be considered as extra, unless a separate estimate, in writing, for 
the same, shall have been submitted by the Contractor to the Architect or the Owner, and his sig- 
nature obtained thereto. 

Ninth. — The Owner will not in any manner, be answerable or accountable for any loss or damage 
that shall or may happen to the said works, or any part or parts thereof respectively, or for any of the 
materials or other things used and employed in finishing and completing the said works (loss or damage 
by fire excepted.) 

Tenth. — -Should the Contractor fail to finish the work at or before the time agreed upon, he shall 

pay to \.\\Q part of the first part the sum of _ 

dollars per diem for each and every day thereafter the said work shall remain unfinished, as and for 
liquidated damages. 



1 n VV ItnCSS WnCrCOlji the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their 
hands and seals, the day and year above written. 



THE 

so:h:eidtj JLE oif- ipees 

In common use among the Architects of the United States. 



-4-> — * — <^ 



For full Professional Services (including supervision) 5 per cent, on the whole cost of the works. 



Partial Services as follows : — 

For making detail and general drawings, and specifications, 3)^ per cent. 
For making general drawings only, 2^ per cent. 
For making preliminary studies only, i per cent. 



For works costing $5,000, or less, 4^ per cent, for drawings ; and 3 per cent, additional for 
supervision. 



For warehouse and storage buildings, 3 per cent. 



For Decorative Work, Monuments, Furniture, etc., 10 per cent, and upwards. 



For alterations of buildings an additional charge is made for survey, adaptation and measure- 
ments. 



For altering drawings and specifications, after they have been perfected, an additional charge is 
made in proportion to time employed. 



For selecting or purchasing furniture, pictures, carpets, &c., a percentage to be agreed upon. 



Time spent in visiting parties out of town at their request, will be charged for, whether a com. 
mission is finally given or not. 



If the client is already in possession of a portion of his building material, it is fair and proper 
that the architect's fee should be computed upon its value. 



Necessary traveling expenses are paid by the client. 



Fees are successively due as work is completed in tlie order of the above classification. 



Until estimates are received, charges are based on the proposed cost, and payments are received 
as instalments of the entire fee, which is based on the actual cost. 



Drawings, as Instruments of Service, are the property of the Architect. 



Glossary of Terms. 



Abattoir. — A building appropriated to the slaughter- 
ing of animals. 

Aisle. — One of the longitudinal divisions of a church, 
commonly called a wing. The Nave, however, is also an 
aisle 

Architect (arc-e-tekt). — A person competent to de- 
sign and supervise the erection of any building. 

Architecture (arc-e-tekture). — Design. 

Alkorane. — A tall slender tower, attached to a mosque, 
and surrounded with balconies, in which the priests recite 
aloud prayers from the Koran, and announce the hours of 
devotion to worshipers. 

Their purpose is also artistical, as from their height they 
add great picturesque effect to the bulky and broader mass 
of the mosque itself. 



B. 



Bat. — In brick-work, a broken brick. 
Banister. — A vulgar term for Baluster. — Gwilt. 
Butt-hinge. — A hinge which when extended forms a 
square. 



c. 



Calk. — To render seams water tight. 

Campanile (canipa-nee-lee). — A slender bell-tower or 
watch-tower, — more particularly applied to Italian archi- 
tectute. 

Coamings. — Raised borders around the edges of hatches. 

Caryatides (carry-at-i-dees). — Figures used in the 
room of columns in debased architecture. 

C.-vrpenter. — A worker in timber. 

Clerk-of-the-works. — A superintendent of building 
who is constantly present at the work. lie is subject to 
the architect, through whom he draws his salary from the 
owner. Blank schedules filled out by the clerk and sub- 
mitted to the architect daily, give a thorough knowledge of 
everything transpiring at the building. 

Coping. — Capping. 

Coal-Shoot. — A channel under ground, built on an 
inclination to slide coal into a cellar. 

Chute used in this connection, is questionable English. 

Committee-on-Architecture. — A committee of two, 
separate and distinct from a building committee. 

Building-committees, as a rule, are apt to mutilate design 
while a committee on architecture is in position to u/thofd the 
good. 

Cement-Mortar. — In New York City, mortar made of 
cement; — in New England mortar made of lime and cement 
of about equal parts. 

This is a fair example of the difference of meaning in 
various sections of the country of the same word. 

There are very many such cases, and the confusion re- 
sulting from such a condition of tilings is apparent. 

Estimates made upon a certain set of drawings, we will 
say, by an Ohio contractor, might vary materially from 
tliose given by a New York or Rhode Island party; — and 
again, an architect specifying certain things in building, or 
a particular method, or tool, for the finish of stone work, 
may come to find his building executed entirely different 
from what he had contemplated. 

The way out of the whole difficulty would seem to be for 
the general Government to be petitioned for the appoint- 
ment of a central commission with power to adjust all dif- 
ferences. 

The commission, by putting itself in communication with 
the leading architects of all principal cities, and by taking 
time for deliberation, could reduce the architectural vo- 
cabulary of the whole country to a common standard. 



D. 



Detail Dr.\WINGS. — Full size drawings of any portion 
of work ; erroneously called Working drawings. 

Distemper. — In wall painting, a preparation of opaque 
color ground up with size and water. 



Elevation. — A geometrical drawing of a side of a 
building. 



Flashing. — Pieces of metal let into brick or stone joints 
for the prevention of leak. 

French Roof. — A vulgar, low-toned style of roofing 
extensively used 'n the United States for short time, but 
which for a few years has been rapidly passing out of date. 

G. 

General Drawings. — Scale drawings ; usually to an 
eighth or quarter of an inch. 

GjiouTlNG. — Liquid mortar, usually made of cement, 
poured into the joints of brick or stone work, thereby uni- 
fying and solidifying the whole mass. 

H. 

Housing. — A channel taken out of a solid for the insert- 
ing of the extremity of another for the purpose of joining 
them. 



Joiner. — The artisan who joins wood by glue, nails or 
framing, for \k\^ finishing of a building. 

Joist. — The timbers to which floor boards or ceiling 
lath are nailed. 

Beam used in this connection is incorrect. 



K. 

Kerf. — The way made by a saw through a piece of 
wood, by displacing the wood with the teeth of the saw. 



N. 

Nineteenth-Century-Gothic. — Ruskinian Gothic, 
Victorian Gothic, Advanced Gothic, Mediasval Gothic 
adapted to Nineteenth Century wants and ideas. 

A Nineteenth Century Gothic is fairly developed and with the Medi- 
aeval, whose principles are the same, is the highest development of 
architecture the world has produced. 



Obelisk. — A lofty pillar of a rectangular form, dimin- 
ishing regularly towards the top. The lop finishes with a 
low pyramid called a pyramidon — Egypt abounded with 
obelisks; they were always monoliths/\. e., single stones. 
The obelisk represents crude art — and consequently is not a 
fit form of monument for an enlightened age. 

The one lately set up in New York stands on the east side 
of Central Park, near Fifth avenue, on an exact line with 
the north side of Eighty-first street. Its chronology is given 
by the N. Y. Herald as follows : 

" Thotmes III. erected the obelisk at the entrance to the 
Temple of the Sun, in Heliopolis, more than three thou- 
sand five hundred years ago. Two centuries later Rameses 
II. employed the reporters of his times to carve his great- 
ness on the stone, and twenty-three years before Christ 
Augustus Cresar moved it to Alexandria and set it up at the 



GLOSSARY. 



Cossarium, a palace that has gone to ruin, and in our times 
is merely one of C.ic walls of a marble yard. In that yard, 
near the station Of the railroad to Cairo, Mr. W. H. Hurl- 
bert found it when the Suez Canal was opened. 
He persuaded the Khedive of Egypt to present 
it to the city of New York, through the govern- 
ment of the United States, and a contract was nearly 
perfected with John Dixon, who had transported the mate 
of this obelisk to London, to bring it to New York for 
$75,000, but the negotiations fell through, and Lieutenant 
Commander Gorringe, then commanding the Gettysburg, 
having taken careful observations in the Mediterranean, 
expressed his willingness to do the work. Thereupon the 
Secretary of the Navy assigned him to the State Depart- 
ment. Secretary Evarts permitted him to take the con- 
tract, and detailed him to go to Egypt. The cost of trans- 
ferring the stone from hemisphere to hemisphere has been 
much in excess of $75,000. The commander shipped the 
trunnions on which the obelisk when raised in the Park 
swung, from Trenton, N. J., to Egypt, and took the stone 
down. He sailed with it for New York on the 12th of 
last June, and arrived on the 20th of July, the length of the 
passage being due to a broken shaft. His steamer, the 
Dessoug, was drawn up on the Marine Railway on Staten 
Island, and the obelisk was run out of her forecastle and 
placed on pontoons, which were towed up New York Har- 
bor on the afternoon of the l6th of September last. The stone 
was carried across the Hudson River Railroad track at 
Ninety-sixth street without stopping a train. It was at a 
perpendicular over its pedestal on the ninety-eighth day 
after its landing on Manhattan Island." 

The obelisk was placed in position on January 22d, 1 88 1. 

Open Valley. — A roof valley where the slates or shingles 
lie removed from the valley angle; — this in contradistinction 
to a close valley where the slates or shingles of the two roof 
planes meet and touch at the valley angle, with the flashing 
so interwoven as to prevent leak. 



Perspective-Drawing. — A drawing of a building, 
showing two sides of it ; or, as it would appear in nature. 

The terms Elevation and Perspective are sometimes used promiscu- 
ously outside the Profession. 

Plan. — A drawing of a horizontal section of a building. 
A Design is not a Plan. 

Pugging Mortar. — Coarse mortar. 



Queen-Anne-Style. — The term has no correct significa 



sort of refined Rennaissance not worth perpeiuating. 
What has developed at the present day under the name of 
Queen Anne architecture is a mixture of Advanced Gothic 
and English Rennaissance, the Gothic largely pre- 
dominating. But as oil and water will not mix, so two 
styles in direct opposition, united to each other, can- 
not produce harmony, which is one of the essential requis- 
ites of any correct specimen of art. The style, however-, 
as handled by some, is developing an individuality of its 
own, which in time may eliminate discord. 

R. 

Reredos (rear-dos.) — An altar screen just behind, and 
in later years touching, the altar. 



Sanctuary. — That part of a consecrated building which 
lies within the chancel railing. 

Scribe. — To scribe one piece of wood to another is to 
cut and pare the edge or surface of one so as to make it 
touch and fit (or scribe up to) the other. 

Shoar. — A temporary prop of timber placed obliquely 
against a building during repairs and after accidents. 

Superintendence. — Continual personal attendance at a 
building with care for and direction of its construction. 

Supervision. — A care for and control of building through 
a visual knowledge of the same. 



Terra Cotta. — Baked or burned earth ; which was 
used at a very early period for the decoration of buildings. 

Tree-nail. — A wooden pin or nail. 

Truncated. — Cut off. 

The Eastlake Style. — A manner of architecture con- 
sequent upon the writing of two excellent works called re- 
spectively "The History of the Gothic Revival," and 
" Hints on Household Taste," by Charles L. Eastlake, of 
England, 

The principles advocated are mostly Advanced Gothic, 
and the style of architecture that has followed is also of that 
character. 



W. 

Withs. — ^Partitions between flues. 
"Workmanlike. — As a skillful workman would do. 

It is thought by some that this word has no binding force, as used 



v^v^.^^.. ......^ ^^.^^. - — ^^ -^ ^ ^ — j^ — It is tnougnt Dy some tnac inis woru nas iiu uii 

tion as used. The architecture of Queen Anne's time was a I in specifications, but the Courts decide otherwise 



ti'T^HE Frenchman who expressed his opinion 
that London had ceased to be a town, and 
was becoming a vast province, uttered no mere hy- 
perbole. Between the years 1800 and i860 this 
metropolis not only doubled, but trebled the size 
which it had assumed at the close of the last cen- 
tury. At the present time, including the suburbs, 
it occupies a superficial area of 130 square miles. 
On an average, about 1,000 houses are added to 
it every year; and so rapidly does building go on 
in every direction, that no one need be surprised 
to find the meadow-land which he walked on in 
spring laid out in populous streets by Christmas." 
— Em lis h Author. 



Con clus ion. 

uTT is said the highest waves of the sea are 



t^T^HE earth's surface contains about fifty mil- 
lions of square miles." 



u/^ESERVE,then,first— the only essential dis- 
tinction between Decorative and other art 
is the being fitted for a fixed place, and in that 
place related, either in subordination or command, 
to the effect of other pieces of art. And all the 
greatest art the world has produced is thus fitted 
for a place, and subordinated to a purpose. 
There is no existing highest-order art but is 
decorative. The best sculpture yet produced has 
been the decoration of a temple front — the best 
painting, the decoration of a room. Raphael's 
best doing is merely the wall coloring of a suite 
of apartments in the Vatican, and his cartoons 
were made for tapestries. Michael Angelo's 
is a ceiling in the Pope's private chapel ; while 
Titian and Veronese threw out their noblest 
thoughts, not even on the inside, but on ihe out- 
side of the common brick and plaster walls of 
Venice. " — Raskin, 



but about 22 feet in height." 



(("T" HE common Trumpet Creeper all of you 
know by heart. It is rather a wild and 
rambling fellow in its habits; but nothing is better 
to cover old outside chimneys, stone buildings, 
and rude walls and fences. The sort with large 
cup-shaped fiowers is a most showy and magnifi- 
cent climber in the Middle States, where the 
winters are moderate, absolutely glowing in July 
with its thousands of rich orange-red blossoms, 
like clusters of bright goblets." 



"T^HE latest estimate of the population of the 
world is about 1,200,000,000." 



' ' IVT ^^^ people suppose that Gothic architec- 
ture means ecclesiastical architecture, 
simply because the best examples of that style are 
to be found in old churches and the like. But 
though in the middle ages there was but one sort 
of architecture at a time, no one ever thought of 
giving an ordinary domestic house the appearance 
of a church, or of allowing a church to appear like 
anything but what it was. Each structure at once 
proclaimed its object — not by a difference of style, 
but by a certain fitness of nrrangement which it 
was impossible to mistake. We fall into the 
double error of adopting endless varieties of 
style at one time, and yet allowing buildings 
raised for totally different purposes to resemble 
each other in form." — Easilake. 



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